Patents by Inventor Timothy Whitton

Timothy Whitton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and methods for providing a converged advertisement insertion architecture in a content delivery network
    Patent number: 12375737
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for supporting advertisement (ad) insertion into a media stream. The device receives notification of an upcoming ad break within the media stream, determines whether the upcoming ad break contains only pre-scheduled spots, and if the upcoming ad break does not contain only pre-scheduled spots, determines whether the upcoming ad break includes any addressable spot based on a broadcasting schedule stored on the device. Otherwise, the device sends a request with information about the at least one addressable spot and the upcoming ad break to an ADS proxy hosted by a client ad server unit within the content delivery network, receives a response message from the ADS proxy identifying a default asset for each addressable spot, retrieves the at least one default asset from a content distribution network, and sends the at least one default asset to a splicer for insertion within the media stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Chen, Timothy Whitton, David E. Agranoff, Manuel Martinez, Vipul Patel
  • System and Methods for Providing a Converged Advertisement Insertion Architecture in a Content Delivery Network
    Publication number: 20250240467
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for supporting advertisement (ad) insertion into a media stream. The device receives notification of an upcoming ad break within the media stream, determines whether the upcoming ad break contains only pre-scheduled spots, and if the upcoming ad break does not contain only pre-scheduled spots, determines whether the upcoming ad break includes any addressable spot based on a broadcasting schedule stored on the device. Otherwise, the device sends a request with information about the at least one addressable spot and the upcoming ad break to an ADS proxy hosted by a client ad server unit within the content delivery network, receives a response message from the ADS proxy identifying a default asset for each addressable spot, retrieves the at least one default asset from a content distribution network, and sends the at least one default asset to a splicer for insertion within the media stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: David W. CHEN, Timothy WHITTON, David E. AGRANOFF, Manuel MARTINEZ, Vipul PATEL